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There have been a number of governance failings in Australian government organisations recently. These were different cases but both ultimately with the same outcome – the fraud of taxpayers and loss of community faith in those organisations. Read on to learn why investment in good governance and strong risk management is needed more than ever.

If you're a program manager for a government entity, you may be spending a lot of your time trying to figure out how to assess your program’s performance in accordance with your organisation’s governance, performance and accountability rules or guidelines (eg NSW Government's Outcome Budgeting, or PGPA Act 2013).

When governments develop new policies and implement programs to deliver on those policies, there is much to consider in terms of achieving good governance. There is often considerable effort put into delivery planning, compliance and even risk management, but typically managing performance of a program in terms of delivering on the policy objectives is given scant attention.

Observations of Private Sector Success for Public Sector Property Managers

More and more, large private sector organisations are making the successful change to flexible workplaces, providing Public Sector property managers with compelling case studies on how to improve the effectiveness of their own workspaces.

A strategic and consistent approach

It’s no secret that effective and efficient stakeholder engagement is a key element to the success of any organisation. Every day, organisations communicate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders in every aspect of their operations. However, when analysing our clients’ stakeholder engagement approaches, it becomes evident...

Many organisations are facing this, sometimes controversial, question right now.

For example, the Federal Department of Human Services is, very publicly, trying to grapple with this question in testing opportunities for outsourcing some or all of its back-of-house processing and payment functions.